fukupayme55

Well, if tried a strategy of not telling the new employer direct what your salary is, or worse, lying, they will quickly see when the P45 is passed onto their payroll to sort out your P45. Which is why it is better to simply state you promised the agent that you would discuss the salary with them, and would then focus on discussing the specific about the role with the employer.

And there is one who always posts the contrary point of view - argues for the sake of it - "no I don't they say". They were quick to respond just now!

Hmm they should have performed the analysis on the HN posts. We have a series of troll bots - a couple who randomly post recommending Rust and Go as the saviour to any posted problem or query, one bot occasionally posts claiming to know all about IT security, another had a moment of bingo success and then posts job wisdom pearls, a mixed bag really!

Sigh - as always, this piece of advice works less well across the pond, where there is a requirement to honestly state your current salary, which your P45 will be checked against to validate it, especially now we have real time PAYE requirement.

My advice for the UK based folks is simple - go through an agent, defer all salary discussions as something "you promised to sort out with the agent", and then go for the rate you want, and stick with it.

It is hard, but can be done. Remember, most agents will play along with this, as they are often on a percentage fee basis, so it aligns with their sales-weasel interests too!